{"id":1101,"date":"2018-05-10T01:10:18","date_gmt":"2018-05-10T01:10:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marleypeifer.com\/dev\/?p=1101"},"modified":"2019-09-24T16:27:27","modified_gmt":"2019-09-24T23:27:27","slug":"1101","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marleypeifer.com\/dev\/uncategorized\/1101\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Pollan on Psychedelics"},"content":{"rendered":"

Michael Pollan is one of my favorite authors to take up the task of examining human-nature relationships. He examines ways in which nature and culture intersect on the most basic physical levels hence his interest in gardening and food. In his new book, “How to Change Your Mind<\/a>” he looks at the “food of the gods,” psychedelics, and the role they may play in a better understanding of the human mind and the treatment of mental disease such as anxiety and depression. I will definitely do a video review of this book once I have received and read it.<\/p>\n

Before you order the book listen to this great interview where Pollan describes some of his thought process and excitement around the topic of psychedelics with Tim Ferriss!\u00a0 In this interview he asserts that despite the fact that he has often been pigeon-holed as a food writer that he is in fact a nature writer. If you want to skip adds, start about five minutes into the podcast below.<\/p>\n